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farna
Supporter of TheAMCForum Moderator Lost Dealership Project Joined: Jul/08/2007 Location: South Carolina Status: Offline Points: 19676 |
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Jeeps were made in Iran for a while, I'm not sure what models... apparently Wagoneer was one of them! In one segment you see a CJ based pickup. We never got anything like that (separate cab/body), just the extended wheelbase CJ-8 Scrambler (and earlier CJ-6 which was the same -- but only marketed to utility/fleet companies, not the general civilian population). Jeeps in general weren't marketed well until AMC bought Jeep in 70...
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tyrodtom
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/14/2007 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 6213 |
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Rambler Americans were also assembled in Iran.
A Iranian student that went to the local college always brought his 68 American to me when it needed to be worked on, he said he had bought it because he was familiar with them. His family had one in Iran. When he graduated and it was time to go back home, he just dropped by and gave me the car. That was just before the Iran-Iraq war of the early 80's, I've always wondered if he survived that war.
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66 American SW, 66 American 2dr, 82 J10, 70 Hornet, Pound, Va.
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farna
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I've got a little info about the Iranian Ramblers. They went by a different name, of course, Aria and Shahin (names are types of hawks, one apparently a plain model, the other more upscale), and assembled by Sherkat-Sahami Jeep (Pars Khodro). They were apparently made about 10 years before the company switched to another model. I think the body was made in Iran, as these were made starting sometime in 68 (according to "The American Motors Family Album"). So AMC wasn't making the body much longer after that. The Iranians also got the 66 Ambo and Classic bodies... don't know what they called them, though I saw a photos of one with the Ambassador name. Maybe the "American" is the only one that was renamed? Would make sense... Here is an ad showing 1977 models, though Wikipedia states production ended in 1974... Makes me wonder if this isn't a magazine article or used car ad from 1977... Anyone read Farsi?
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Frank Swygert
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farna
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Lots of pics of the old Rambler production line at http://www.parskhodro.ir/en/gallery?id=1&virt_url=Old-Production-Line&page=1. They only show the American based model, so apparently that's the only one that was produced there. The Classic and Ambo models may have been imported. Makes me wonder if they weren't imported from Argentina, as IKA DID produce the mid 60s models into the 70s. Could have been in the deal with AMC that IKA provided bodies for other export markets?
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FSJunkie
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Back when the shah was on the throne and we were friends with the Iranians, or at least their leader. The people didn't like him too much.
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